Frank Capra Jr. | |
Birth Name: | Frank Warner Capra |
Birth Date: | March 20, 1934 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Death Date: | December 19, 2007 (aged 73) |
Death Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Spouse: | |
Children: | 3 |
Othername: | Capra, Frank Warner |
Occupation: | Film producer |
Years Active: | 1969–2007 |
Frank Warner Capra (March 20, 1934 – December 19, 2007), known as Frank Capra Jr., was an American film and television producer. He was one of the three children of film director Frank Capra and his second wife, Lucille Warner. His own sons, Frank Capra III and Jonathan Capra, are assistant directors.
At the time of his death, Capra Jr. was president of EUE/Screen Gems studio, which he had helped to found in Wilmington, North Carolina, in the mid-1980s, and a member of the North Carolina Film Council.
Capra Jr. died on December 19, 2007, aged 73, at a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a long battle with prostate cancer.